Win over ASU brings reasons for optimism

Arizona's win over ASU should be reason for optimism. Read on to see why and more.

Arizona’s win in the Territorial Cup may not have put it in a bowl game, but it did allow some reason for optimism.

“We’re capable of being pretty good,” Rich Rodriguez said. “This doesn’t erase what was a tough year for us, but with what is going on with recruiting and what we have with our younger players, we’re going to be okay.

“We’re going to be better than okay. Sometimes you have to get out there and bounce up and down, but we’ll bounce back up.”

For senior Sani Fuimaono, the win over ASU was the perfect ending to his career.

“There isn’t a greater feeling than sending them home,” he said. “We couldn’t go to a bowl, so we figured they shouldn’t go to a bowl either. It’s a great way to top off our season and send our boys out with a win.”